Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 16, 1914, Page 9

native of Norwich. Y\Y A\ NN\ A\ A A ORI \¢ Y 1 The half-tone but poorly portrays Mr. Goodwin’s strong picture of Western camp life, which is one of his latest productions, and done in bold coloring. Beside a work of art the calendar—for local distribution —will serve a high degree of utility, embracing a list of Norwich Fire Alarm Boxes. We shall be glad to present the Calendar to adults, with a brief his- torical leaflet recounting the wonder- ful growth of this Company. Your Agent will supply you or call at Home Office " In accord with an Anniw}ersary spirit we have chosen fm" ‘the subject of our 1915 calendar the work of a By Philip R. Goodwin WHERE THE TALL PINES GROW WHERE THE TALL PINES GROW In the shelter of a little cove, under the wing of a clump of veteran pines, two blanketed figures, as if im- pelled by some hidden force, turn over and uncover two tousled heads to blink at the gray dawn. ‘Soon the silent pair with mutual understanding begin the meagre culinary preparations. the chuck-box is repacked, a light the friendly pipe they promptly turn to “breaking camp.” With scarce a glance at the East which has burst into a flame of pink and gold, these two spirits of the woods push swiftly off from the sandy shore and Another day’s work has ply their silent paddles. begun. This painting is significant of its author—Philip R. Goodwin—and his trips into the remote regions of this country. He was bor He has been a pupil of Howard Pyle and it was Pyle's enthusiasm and skill which have in a great measure aided Goodwin to his present high stand- ing in the world of art. Our Agent Is Your Agent OME OFFICE 59-61 BROADWAY A\ NN AN NN AN/ DB NORWICH, CONN. NN NN/ NNV NN Wi Breakfast over nd pausing merely to n in Norwich in 1881. Wi fiERMAN"fifiUIfiI!ETERNEU ATGUAM The Cormonant With 22 Officers and 355 Men—Settles What Promised to be a Troublesome Neutrality Problem. ‘Washington, Dec. - 15—Voluntary interment today of the German con- verted cruiser Cormorant and her 22 officers and 322 men at Guam, an American Pacific Ocean insular pos- session, brought what promised to be troublesome questions Involving the observance of Amerfcan neutrality in this case, to & prompt and final ad- Justment. - As soon as it was learned at the navy department that the Cormorant had put into Guam, short of coal, food and water, ‘thére was immediate discussion of the extent to. which the ‘warship- could replenish “her supplies in an American port In view of Guam’s renpteness from any German port, the decision to intern was ex- Dected, but in. the.meantime. Col‘ain Maxwell, governor of “the far away paval station, was insfructed to ob- serve strict meuytrality in all his deal- ings with the . commander. Little is known of the Cormoran\ hers except ~she,is a converted gru!scr of 5,000 tans-displacement, ac- uired by Germany from Russia. In- formation as to how German acquires the vessel from her present enemy is not obtainable. Jt is supposed the ship hassbeen employed by the Ger- mans as a destroyer of commerce in the Pacific. At first this vessel was believed here to be the unprotected cruiser Cormo- , @ vessel of only 1,600 tons @is. C. C. SHAYNE & CO. | IMPORTHRS AND MANUPACTURERS OF STRICTLY RELIABLE FURS i i Exclusive Designs in all Fashionable | Furs for Fall and Winter Wear in i Coats, Wraps, Neckwear l | placement, but Captain Maxwell's latter despatch announcing the de- cision of the craft to intern corect- ed that impression. This is the sec- ond German warship to intern in American harbors since the outbreak of the war. The other, the Geier, interned at Honolulu some time ago. The offi- cers and men of the vessels will have to remain interned until the close of the war unless the allles consent to their parole. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TRUSTEES OF FUND Benefit of Lawrence Textile Workers in 1912 Are Delayed, Boston, Dec. 15.—It was announced in the supreme court today that the contempt proceedings against four trustees of the fund raised in the win- ter of 1912 for the benefit of the textile mill strikers at Lawrence would not be pressed further at sent. The trustees, Joseph A. B d, Willlam Trautman, William Yates and Joseph Shaheen, had been ordered to pay to the court $15,279 alleged to have been contributed to the relief fund and not accounted for. Black Hall—3Mrs. C. H. Moss has closed her summer home in 'k Hall and returned to Sandusky, O. For l and Muffs 126 West 42nd Street o MYSTIC August Roggencamp Enters Hospital ~—The James Eldredge House Burn- ed—Social and Personal Notes. August Roggencamp was taken to Lawrence hospital, New London, Mon- day, for treatment for his foot, which i he accidentgily shot eight weeks ago. Mr. Roggen! p's pet cat came home with one hind foot gone, and in order to put the cat out of misery he went into the house and got an automatic revolver, which accidentlly exploded, the contents going into his right foot. During the time his foot has not heal- ed, so it seemed best to take him to the hospital for treatment. Guests of Miss Hazard, Miss Margaret Hazard entertained a party of friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Schaffer recently. Games were played and supper was served. Those present were Doris Nichols, Margarita Kinmouth, Ger- trude Stevenson, Marion Gillfillan and Lila Burrows. The James Eldredge House Burned. The James Eldredge house was com- pletely destroyed by fire early Tues- day morning. The Hhouse, .which is owned by Charles Q. Eldredge, is be- tween the Mystics. The fire started in the chimney about 6.30 o’clock and was discovered by one of the neigh- bors. A crowd gathered, but from the first it was seen that the house could not be saved. With a small hose and buckets the adjoining houses and buildings were protected. In less than an hour the building was burned to the ground. Only a few of the family belongings were sayed. There was a small insurance on the house and fur- niture. Missionary Meeting. Miss Harriet Fish entertained the Home Missionary society of the Union Baptist church at her home on Bur- rows street Tuesday afternoon. An in- teresting program was carried out and much work was accomplished. Personal Items. Mrs. Frank McDonald of New Haven and Mrs. James McDonald of Dorches- ter, Mass., are guests of their moth- er, Mrs. Grace Donohoe. ‘William Littie of Willimantic is the i guest of his brother-in-law and sister, j Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kinney, John G. Whaley is able to sit up a few hours each day after a severe at- | tack of grip. i _ Alexander Jordan of Norwich spent Tuesday in Mystic. Conductor Robert Chapman -and family spent Tuesday with his parents in_Groton. Mrs. John M. Noyes has returned from New York where she -was called by the serious illness of her sister, Miss May Packer. , Yred C. Eberlin has returned to New York after a few days’ stay at his home on Willow Point. The British Columbia labor com- ‘ssion has recommended a Saturday Loltday for ail stores. Protect NOANK Schools to Close Friday—Garments for Needy Belgians to Be Sent Away Dec. 20, Schools will close Friday. The chil dren are busy rchearsing for the lit- tle. entertainment each grade is to give. Working for Belgians. The members of the Mission society of the Baptist church have been en- gaged for some time in making gar- ments for the Beigians. They will be sent away about the 20th. Capt. Arthur Rafuse of the barge Eatson has been visiting his family in_High street. Mrs. John Lamb has been enter- taining her - sister, Nellie Gilroy, of Mystic. Varnum Tucker has returned from Providence where he was called. by the death of his father. Mrs. Willlam Johnson will taln’ the' Woman's guild of church- Thursday afternoon. Miss Grace Knapp of Providence is spending a few days here, William Swan has returned to Prov- idence. Lester Smith has returned to King- ston college. The power boat of A. V. Morgan has been put into winter quarters. Most of the boats of the fishing fleet have been laid up. The Aunt Hdie. Capt. James Sis- tare, has returned from New Haven, where she took a 1oad of blackfish. STAFFORD SPRINGS Obituary, Mrs. Alice Vickers, Freedus A.. Fuller, Mrs, Clara Jenks. Mrs, Alice Vickers, 49, dled of cere- bral hemorrhage at her home on the Hollow road Monday. She is survived by her husband and several sons and daughters, Freedus A, Fuller. Freedus -A. Fuller, 67, died at his home on Chestnut Hill Monday, after a month’s illness. He had been in the Springfield hospital for several weeks and returned abput ten days ago. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Clara Jenks. Mrs. ‘Clara Jenks, 16, died at the Johnson - Memorial hospital Monday morning. She is survived by her hus- band, also her father and mother. Schools will- close Friday for two weeks’ vacation.. . Catholic Bishop to Retire. Green Bay, Wis.,, Dec. 14.—The Right Rev. Joseph J. Fox,” Roman Catholic bishop of the Green Bay diocese for the last ten years, will retire in a short time. He admitted today that he can and that it had been accepted. Il ‘health s thé reason for the resignation. enter- Grace Yalesville—Miss Mary Lord, the evangelist, has been secured for spe- cial meetings at the M. .E. church. PLAINFIELD weath of chry‘l«br, Contractor and Civil War Veteran—Meeting of Li- brary Association. Henry Léster died Sunday after a long illness, About a year ago Mr. Lester was seriously ill from heart trouble for several weeks, but he had so far recovered as to walk to the postoffice and to enjoy visits with his friends until he was taken ill again a few weeks ago, and has since failed rapidly. 3 Mr. Lester was born in Plainfield and was the son of Joseph Lester of Canterbury. In early manhood he learned the machinist's trade in Provi- dence. Later, having studied in An- drew Cutler’s select school at Central Village, he was employed in the Hope Iron works, Providence, as draughts- man, and soon became superintendent of the establishment. For a time he was interested in the Penholder and Pencil company of Providence, Since coming back to his home town of Plainfleld he has taken many large contracts of carpentery work. He put up about one hundred houses in Taft- ville, did most of the werk for the Glasgo company and has done work in Wauregan, Westerly, Norwich and other -places. At one time he ram a shoe store-on Depot avenue. He served two vears in the Civil war, his com- pany reporting at Hartford within five days after Lincoln’s call for troops. Mr. . Lester's first wife was iss Clara Hyde of Canterbury, who died a number of years ago. By this union he had four sons, Charles, William, Joseph and Frank, and one daughter, Lottie (Mrs. John Dodge of Plainfield). His second wife was Miss Susan Rob- bins of Plainfield, who, with one daughter, Clara (Mrs. Irving Hubbard of Providence), survives him. There are several grandchildren. ” Mr, . Lester was a genial, friendly man, well read, a very interesting speaker and a fine musician. He will be missed in his home and by his fel- low townsmen. His age was about $1 years. Library Directors Meet. There was a business meeting of the Library association at their rooms Monday evening. Briefs and Personals. James. Knight of Flat Rock is work- ing on Willlam Adams’ new cottage. John Simineau of Greeneville and Henry Simineau of Taftville were bere Sunday evening, having spent the day with their brother Philip at Packer. Miss Fanny is 11 Mrs. W. J. Tilley visited Norwich friends Saturday. Miss Willa Parkhurst of Packer has been visiting Mrs. Fred Lyon. { The Ladies’ society and others con- nected with the Packer Baptist church are making improvements around the church_buildings. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Pack- er Baptist church has purchased a new organ. A. W. Tilley of Norwich visited Mre. J._P. Lillibridge Sunday. Mrs. Martha C. Johnson of Packer was here Saturday on her way to Paw-{ tucket, R. I, for a short stay, Purchase Farm. Isador "Friedman and Isador Aler- man have purchased the farm known as “Rosenzswicg,” one mile’ west of Packer postoffice, and are moving there this w £ ‘Walter Kingsley's e e ————————————————e The lumber new houses has arrived and is being | unloaded. x | _ne_vatralo ot the TUnited _States NORWICH TOWN Advent Church Observes Woeekly Prayer—Sophie Weitzel Gircle Dis- bands—Water Coming in Wells. The lochl Advent Church is observ- ing this week of prayer. . A meeting ‘was held Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Apley on Ver- gason avenue. Elder Coates of Un- casville and Rev. Sidney Norton of Providence were in charge of the ser- vice. Daughters, 1896, with 7S members, has disbanded. !.-‘I:rankllu, spent Monday with Mrs. N. Mitchell of Peck’s corner. Members of the First Congrega= tional Sunday school are soliciting for the Christmas entertainment. Circle Disbanding. Sophie Weitzel circle of The Kin; which was orsanized in Several of its members are joining Home Chapter of The King's Danghters, which meets the second Monday in the month at the Johnson home. Stephen Austin of Mystic is spending the week with his sister, Mrs. Susie Lflibridge of the Scotland rcad. Mrs. Gilbert Gagnon of the Old Canterbury turnpike left Saturday to spend a week ip Wauregan with her son and his family. Ever Ready circle of The Xing's Daughters met Monday evening at the home of one of their members, Mrs. Robert Binns of Cliff street. and Mrs. Herbert th-:helli o Mr. daughter Grace, and son, Ralph, for weeks this fall was entirely d had this last week 2 ter, feet and days to come. Well Filling Up. A well on the Scotland road which 1-4 feet of wa- ht it up to 4 increase for the last rain brou it will slowl Ten Degrees Above Tuesday Morning. 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